S13800 Stainless Steel vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron
Both S13800 stainless steel and automotive malleable cast iron are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 480 | |
| 130 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 1.0 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 350 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 220 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 6.8 to 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 130 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 9.9 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 2.2 to 2.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 93.6 to 96.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.15 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.9 to 1.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |